What is the serious social problem underlying the satire on Dogberry and his all-volunteer watch?

The serious social problem underlying the satire on Dogberry and his all-volunteer watch is peoples inability to question the higher authorities or the male gender at the time, even when the authorities are considered by many to be completely inadequate. This is shown through the use of malaprops when Dogberry speaks within the play, for example 'You shall also make no noise in the streets, for for the watch to babble is most tolerable, and not to be endured'. This shows that the authorities at the time were unintelligent, as Dogberry acts to be smart by being self deceptive as he says not to talk, but that talking is 'tolerable'. This part of the play would be criticised by Camille Wells Slights as she says 'the play is centrally concerned with the social nature and language'. However, it is shown in this part of the play that the language within is being used to make a mockery of policing at the time, by calling them idiotic. At the time of Shakespeare, to mock watchmen etc. would be considered as immoral. This is because almost like nowadays the law are not to be stood up to, at the time of the play the Puritans were in charge and to argue against them even if they are wrong would be an awful decision to make. Overall, within Act 3 Scene 3 the watchmen are mocked with language by Shakespeare, this shows that the social problem with Dogberry and his all-volunteer watch is overall that they are not feared, but most importantly that they are not really needed because they are shown as incompetent.